#villain stans

[chriscdcase95]

Sometimes the real burden of being a Villain Stan or even just a fan is having to put up with this pendulum swing of these different hot takes. It's sort of like a spectrum; on one end, being this heartless, one dimensional monster with no humanity what so ever...and the other end being this sympathetic woobie who did nothing wrong ever.

So you keep constantly seeing two Fanon versions of the character on opposite ends of that spectrum. And neither of these takes really match up to the Canon version of the character.

On one end, you got the extreme "Anti" takes, demonizing them to being worse than they are in canon...and on the other end you got the extreme "Stan" takes which woobifies them into even more of a sad softie than in canon. And yet in the actual canon, the defy these categories at different points.

I already know some of the replies/reposts will only prove my point.

[arceus-insanity]

Two Series Recommendations

So My Hero Academia is ending

I have two series I would recommend

First on a light note:

Psych House, it is a new series only having 12 chapters as I'm writing this, accessable on Viz with a Shonen Jump subscription, which I'm sure many people already have as it's one of the ways to read MHA, it even comes out on Sundays as well

The story so far is light hearted following Kotone a high school girl with the power to teleport objects, joining a house for people with powers. The setting has it so only a few people have powers, or as they call them psychs, they aren't being hunted down or going to large lengths to hide them, they just aren't well known

Now especially for my fellow disappointed villain Stans I recommend Empowered by Adam Warren

Now heads up the series starts as a bondage fetish comic with hints of meta-awareness and seriousness, but much like how Bojack Horseman started as a comedy that turned into a serious drama, it is now a much more serious meta comic with hints of the bondage

It does a much better job of presenting its protagonist as an underdog as while they give their protagonist Empowered (or Emp for short) threatening villains, she is presented as the underdog to other heroes. They do a good job balancing her powers so it feels realistic both when she's struggling and when she does win. This is largely because she's set up as a glass cannon with a lot of mystery around her powers.

Emp wants to save everyone, not just the convenient, she treats her villains and fellow heroes with respect even when no one else does and she isn't. One of the other characters has capitán as part of their name, and while everyone else goes to the English pronunciation, Emp calls him his proper title.

Emp is also capable of being made and upset at her situation and being screwed over, and who screw her over. If she forgives someone, it's because they earn it, not some halfassed and performative apology.

With big bads there are three roles that they filled out a lot better. A mysterious and incredibly dangerous threat, well Willy Pete just wiped out a lot of capes, and remains an ongoing threat. A tragic villain that can't be saved, how about a telepath that started making edits to his perceived flaws, removing things like empathy, fear, and compassion. A hypocrite, how about a guy who has been bullying Emp right along side everyone else, and when he claims it was her suffering that inspired him to take revenge, he demands sexual favors to not kill her boyfriend and best friend who never joined in with and was against the bullying

[bat-eclecticwolfbouquet-love]

Being a villain lover is cursing yourself to pain, stress and anxiety. Yeah, we deal with that shit daily. It's our morning, evening and nightly drink

And anytime we see someone start to fall for a villain, we welcome them in. Be one of us

[poobirdy]

xin mo did not become the demonic op sword of all three realms for this!!! for @kawouwu who asked for binggeyuan sillies! thank you for your donation to svsss' gotcha 4 gaza!

[lotus-pear]

intertwined fate

[villainartist]

character sheets i made for my relativity falls fic! im a grauntie may warrior, id die for that whimsical old lady

[ryleighbearx]

dropping my teen pines twins designs <3

[theerurishipper]

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First <- Part 19 <- Part 20 -> Part 21

Masterpost

[almondcroissantsandink]

watching gravity falls for the first time at the request of my little sister and i just watched a tale of two stans and CRIED

[nenoname]

"And now I know why! He hates me!"

[thirstywaffles]

When your crush finally loves you back

[ID: Scum Villain fanart of Luo Binghe. He's standing with his arms spread slightly at his sides, palms up. He's smirking and his eyes glint red. There's a large caption across his body that says "i am no longer mentally ill". /end ID]

[moodyvoid]

Tomura and Toga’s spirits visiting Touya in the hospital.

Touya: “What the hell? They told me you were dead?”

Toga: “We are!”

Tomura: “We heard you were living in a tube and wanted to see it for ourselves. You’ve never looked better.”

Touya: “You assholes. I’m glad you’re dead.”

Toga: “Compared to being alive and living in a Pringles can?”

Touya: “Shut up.”

Tomura: “Anyway, we gotta get going. Heading to the afterlife and all.”

Toga: “Bye, Touya! See you soon!”

Touya: “Bye— wait, what do you mean see you soon?”

Tomura and Toga disappear.

[bat-eclecticwolfbouquet-love]

Let Horikoshi cook.

I wish he would cause the meal I got is pretty raw in places, and burnt in others.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

one of the things I see the most in any fandom space is pearl clutching people saying how “shocked” they are when it turns out a “problematic” ship or a “problematic” character is loved a lot in said fandom.

the most recent example for me would be from this poll where it asks people to vote which ship they like the most, thousands of fans have voted, and the results happen to show the ship that is — according to these people — most problematic has won. needless to say, hundreds of these “noble people who usually harass real people, who just want to ship their little ship in peace, over fictional characters in the name of being morally superior” are so shocked that such a “harmful and problematic” ship is the one that is most liked within the fandom they’re in.

I mean… I don’t know what to tell you, but just because you’re “loud” and you like to “witch hunt” people who enjoy fictional things that you think is Bad, doesn’t mean the ship or the character you deemed Problematic is actually hated by the majority of the fandom you’re in.

sure, you are allowed to hate these ships and these characters for any reason, but other people are allowed to like them. and surprise surprise, the world doesn’t revolve around you and your mindset that Liking Bad Fictional Things Equals Condoning Bad Things in Real Life.

shocking, I know. but most sane people can actually distinguish the differences between fiction and reality. and that’s why people who like fictional villains aren’t actually serial killer in real life.

fandom is and has always supposed to be a safe and fun space in which anyone can like and enjoy whatever they want. it never is, and it’s never supposed to be a courtroom where someone’s moral compass is judged based on how they enjoy Fictional Things. because the whole point of enjoying a ship or liking a fictional character is that it’s fictitious, it’s not real. no one in real life is getting killed because a hot fictional villain is loved by hundreds and thousands of fans.

I hope you feel better soon though 🤍

[kissmizmf]

Oh...Mr.Crazy Villain Villain, yakousei no hanabira!

[amaltheas-garden]

when u point out Dany having the power of god x3 to destroy any city she doesn't like might be a bad thing and probably won't be rewarded by the narrative

targies: noooo it will be fine because Dany would NEVER do that she's just too fundamentally GOOD to ever be corrupted by unlimited power 🙃 source: trust me bro

apparently the theme of asoiaf is absolute power is good, actually, we just need to make sure the *right* people have it 😇